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Book of the Week: Diesel Dawn 6 – Brush Type 2S

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Alex Bestwick

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8 August 2022

This week’s book pick is the sixth installment in Gavin Glenister’s Diesel Dawn series.
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Green machines at sixty

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Alex Bestwick

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2 August 2022

Following the pictorial celebration of 60 years of British Railways’ Brush Type 4 , we once more delve into the Mortons Archive for a selection of images of the locos in their original two-tone BR green liveries.
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Book of the Week: STRATFORD DEPOT LOCOMOTIVES

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Alex Bestwick

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1 August 2022

Photographer Roger Rounce’s Stratford Depot Locomotives is packed with stunning images and a must-read for rail enthusiasts.
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Nothing duff about these Co-Cos

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Alex Bestwick

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1 August 2022

To celebrate 60 years of British Railways’ Brush Type 4 diesel electric locos (later designated Class 47), we present a small selection of images from the Mortons Archive.
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Book of the Week: Railways and Recollections

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Sam Hewitt

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27 June 2022

The Nostalgia Collection expands with this book from Will Adams, exploring from Hendon to St Pancras before electrification.
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Book of the Week: Young Railway Photographer of the Year 2022

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Shannon Butcher

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13 June 2022

In 2018 the Rail Camera Club organised the ‘Rail Cameraman’ exhibition at Locomotion, Shildon, showcasing the work of the club’s members.
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Book of the Week: The Railway Magazine Archive 1930s

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Sam Hewitt

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6 June 2022

The last great age of steam in Britain is revisited in this new collection of superb photographs from the extensive archive of the Railway Magazine.
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All change at the LTM

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Darren Hendley

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25 May 2022

Christopher Westcott talks to Wendy Neville, the former head of communications at the London Transport Museum, about how things changed […]
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Book of the Week: The Rise and Fall of King Coal

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Sam Hewitt

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11 May 2022

This week’s Book of the Week tells the fascinating story of the UK’s ‘black diamonds’ from their origins to their role as the fuel that fired the Industrial Revolution: The Rise and Fall of King Coal…
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Book of the Week: Railways & Recollections: The Midland Mainland in London 1974-80

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Shannon Butcher

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25 April 2022

The Midland Railway’s extension to London from Bedford to St Pancras opened fully on 1 October 1868 (local trains had run via St Pancras Tunnel to Moorgate from 13 July).
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Features

Book of the Week: Diesel Dawn 6 – Brush Type 2S

Green machines at sixty

Book of the Week: STRATFORD DEPOT LOCOMOTIVES

Nothing duff about these Co-Cos

Book of the Week: Railways and Recollections

Book of the Week: Young Railway Photographer of the Year 2022

Book of the Week: The Railway Magazine Archive 1930s

All change at the LTM

Book of the Week: The Rise and Fall of King Coal

Book of the Week: Railways & Recollections: The Midland Mainland in London 1974-80

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